Claudia Lewis

I will block whataboutery on sight.

Loads of the replies to this are being snarky, when Garry didn't actually say "the reason Argentina lost is because they had less rest", he just highlighted a potentially interesting fact.

"Using the first piece of equipment, measure 25 cm³ of water into the beaker" "How much is 25?"

I thought he wasn't going to wear a shirt and tie unless he was in the Commons

Live look into my flat right now

@Gwenelope Why does he look so angry????

@MBDscience Errol - just after eating & just before going out.

Heritage tomatoes on toasted sourdough with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

@SazuBurns Thank you 😊

@MBDscience Your birthday? Many happy returns!

Birthday cake should be vanilla sponge with strawberry jam

(one day I will paint a room without getting my hands absolutely covered in paint, but today is not that day)

The cat wants in on the cake.

@llewelyn20 Four layers, alternating chocolate and chocolate with black cherry, sour cream frosting and cherry jam between the upper and lower layers and whipped cream and cherry jam in the middle.

@MBDscience That's magnificent.

Cheesy garlic orzo with fresh basil Parmesan and herb roast potatoes Stir-fried broccoli with red onion and balsamic vinegar. For dessert, a cherry and chocolate cake (not shown)

Burnham has since changed his mind on this without - as far as I can tell - ever officially announcing it, and he's not even PM yet. The next three years are going to be *painful*.

@llewelyn20 No, but this is

@MBDscience So that's NOT the chocolate cake then? Right, got it.

>stages a coup >declares no more infighting

Controversial opinion: I think a lot of the decisions we've seen around the hosting of this year's world cup are merely an expression of US culture and part of the joy of having a roving tournament. Each host country does their thing how they do it. The only reason people feel emboldened to criticise so virulently is because it's the USA.

Nick, 30ans really does not get a win.

You have to pay 50p to take the beer out.

@5Naureen I'm sure she'll fill her time well, but I hope she takes some time to just sit in the garden and go for walks along the seafront.

@MBDscience Happy retirement to your mum. This was so lovely to read. And it gave me the feeling that though retired from formal work, she’ll be very busy with other things. Also, she must be so proud of you.

My mum retired yesterday from the same school she has worked at since I was in year 6. She joined the school in the early-2000s, when we came back from Bangladesh, as an LSA. The school paid for her to finish her degree and get her GTP, on the condition that she worked for them as a classroom teacher for a few years after graduation. My mum took "a few years" to mean nearly 25! After teaching years 3 and 4 for many years, she became a Model Teacher (what would now be called a Lead Practitioner) before leaving the classroom to become Head of Maths for the school. Eventually, the school became an academy, and then the flagship in a MAT, and my mum stepped up to become Director of Maths for the whole trust, travelling between schools to support their teachers with delivering maths lessons to children who have only just learned about numbers! In her time at the school and then the trust, she fell in love with a man who treasures her like she deserves and yesterday they retired together to their little house by the seaside. I am so proud of my mum - a woman who hated maths as a child before going on to work teaching others how to teach maths, knowing first-hand the challenges faced by the kids. A woman who doesn't understand the concept of "taking a break" and "not thinking about work". A woman who would give everything to make the children more successful and would accept nothing less than the same effort from her team. She'll never read this because she thinks social media rots your brain (she's not wrong), but I love her dearly and I'm so proud of the life she's made for herself. I wish her all the happiness for her retirement and I look forward to seeing how she uses all this free time that, after 23 years of 50+ hour weeks, she's suddenly going to have!